I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.
I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting.
I'd never been content in America.
It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention.
Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization.
Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps.
My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.
Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.
The little things that made up the fabric of the first six years of my life were suddenly ripped away, and I didn't have anyone around me who loved me. Not one single person.
When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat.
